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Arcade Fire

Mon., Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$49.50, with Spoon, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave., 215-893-1999, manncenter.org.

Published: Jul 27, 2010

Eric Kayne
rock/pop

The Suburbs (Merge) won't be released until the day after Arcade Fire plays the Mann, but that's not important for two reasons: 1) The phrase "omg the new arcade fire just got leaked" popped up across the web last weekend, around the same time music critics got their review copies (watermark protection — activate!) so maybe you've already heard it, you thief. 2) You already know these songs anyway, or you'll feel like you do. Win Butler's pretty-pretty words? Check. Dreamy strings and grandiloquent crescendos? Check, check. The long and lovely Suburbs won't blow you away with new tricks. It'll just blow you away in the normal way.

Mon., Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$49.50, with Spoon, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave., 215-893-1999, manncenter.org.

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